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FASTENING FOR BAG, POGKET BOOK, OR PURSE FRAMES.

No. 316,178. Patented Apr. 21, 1885..

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UNrTEn STATES PATENT O IC j LOUIS B. PRAHAR, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND I CHARLES S. SHEPARD, OF SAME PLACE.

FASTENING FOR BAG, POCKET-BOOK, OR PURSE FRAMES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 316,173, dated April 21, 1885.

Application filed March 6, 1885. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LoUIs B. PRAHAR, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Fastenings for Bag, Pocket- Book, or Purse Frames, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a sectional side elevation of one of my improved fastenings, shown as applied to a bag-frame. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the catchplate.

The object of this invention is to provide fastenings for bag, pocket book, or purse frames constructed in such a manner that they can be unfastened by either a lateral or a vertical pressure, and which shall be simple in construction, inexpensive in manufacture, and reliable in use.

The invention relates to a fastening for bag, pocketbook, or purse frames constructed with a case provided with two latches held in place by two springs, and a plate and rod engaging with the inner ends of the said latches, whereby the fastening can be unlocked from the ends or center, as will be hereinafter fullydescribed and then claimed.

A B represent the parts of a bag frame, which are made connected and provided with handle-sockets O in the ordinary manner. 7

To one part of the frame, as A, is attached a small case, D, through openings in the ends of which slide two latches, E. Upon the outer ends of the latches E are formed, or to them are attached, balls or knobs F, and upon their inner ends are formed shoulders G, to engage with the catches, to be hereinafter described.

The latches E are provided with projections H, to engage with the ends of the case D and prevent the said latches from being pushed out too far, and upon their upper sides are formed shoulders I, to engage with the outer or smooth edges of the catches and prevent the said latches from being pushed to far.

The inner ends of the latches E are slotted,

and upon the lower prongs thus formed are placed the ends of a spiral spring, J, by the elasticity of which the said latches are pressed outward.

Beneath the inner ends of the latches E rest the ends of a curved spring, K, the convexed middle part of which rests upon the bottom of the case D, so that the said inner ends of the latches will be held up by the clasticity of the said spring.

Upon the upper side of the inner ends of the latches E rest the ends of a short plate, L, to the center of which is attached the inner end of a short rod, M, which passes out through a hole in the center of the top of the case D, and has a ball or knob, N, attached to or formed upon its outer end.

To the other part, as B, of the frame is at tached a plate, 0, upon the upper part of which, upon the opposite sides of and equally distant from its center, arev formed laterallyprojecting catches P, in the inner edges of which are formed recesses Q, to engage with the shoulders G of the latches E and lock the fastening. The inner corners of the catches P are inclined or rounded, so that when the frame is closed the said catches will push back, pass, and engage with the latches E, fastening the frame automatically.

"Upon the center and ends of the catch-plate O are formed fingers R, the ends of which are slightly curved or inclined outward and rest against the sides of the balls or knobs F F N, so that when the said knobs are pressed inward to unfasten the bag the said knobs will press back the catch-plate O and withdraw the catches P so far that the latches E will not engage with the said catches when the said knobs or balls are released, and the said latches are forced back into their former position by the springs J K.

By this construction a bag can be unfastened with one hand while being held by the other hand. With this construction the bag can be unfastened by pressing the end balls or knobs, F, inward, or by pressing the center knob, N, downward, either movement pushing the inner ends of the latches E out of engagement with the catches P.

Havingthus dcscribed'my invention, I claim ings can be unlocked from the ends or center, as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentas set forth.

In a fastening for bag, pocket book or purse frames, the combination, with the case LOUIS PRAHAR' 5 D, of the two latches E, the springs J K, and Witnesses:

the plate and rod L M, substantially as here- JAMES T. GRAHAM, in shown and described, whereby the fasten- O. SEDGWIOK. 

